Immunotoxicology of environmental and occupational metals / / edited by Judith Zelikoff and Peter T. Thomas

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Bristol, Penn. : , : Taylor & Francis, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.902
• Soggetto topico: Heavy metals - Toxicology; Immunotoxicology
• Altri autori: ZelikoffJudith T ThomasPeter T
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment; List of contributors; Arsenic; Beryllium; Cadmium; Chromium; Indium; Lead; Mercury; Nickel; Platinum; Vanadium; Iron, Zinc, and Copper; Immunotoxicology Summary Tables; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Provides an overview of the effects of environmentally and occupationally important metals on the immune system and host defence. The fist ten chapters in the text focus on particular metals or groups of metals, including arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, nickel and vanadium. Subsequent chapters examine the immunotoxicological effects of trace metals such as indium and platinum and essential metals such as iron, zinc and copper. The main emphasis is on the in vivo and in vitro effects of these metals on host immune responses in a variety of mammalian species including human
• Titolo autorizzato: Immunotoxicology of environmental and occupational metals
• ISBN: 1-135-74502-1; 0-429-21796-X; 1-135-74503-X; 1-280-40256-3; 0-203-29052-6; 9786610402564; 0-203-21187-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910279587503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II